"I'm going to make a special point of saying that I thought Joe
Biden was terrific tonight," Obama said, according to the White
House pool report. "I could not be prouder of him. I thought he
made a very strong case. I really think that his passion for
making sure that the economy grows for the middle class came
through. So I'm very proud of him."

Asked if he had spoken to Biden after the debate ended, Obama
replied "with a smile," "Yes, I just talked to him."

According to the pool report, however, a senior administration
official told reporters on Air Force One Thursday that the
President will "be ready for Tuesday night," when he will face
Mitt
Romney for the second of three presidential debates.

Per WH pool:

"I think the president is going to continue what he has done for
the whole campaign, which is try and talk to the American people
about where he thinks the country needs to go, and compare his
vision to Governor Romney's. The one adjustment we're going to
have to make is, Gov. Romney's trying to hide a variety of his
positions and we're going to make sure the American people
understand what he would actually do if he's president."

And later:

"We'll be ready for Tuesday night. I'm just not going to get into
our prep. The key thing is the consistency. The president has
consistently laid out a message and I think that steadiness is
important. The key thing is that Romney is not changing his
position; he's trying to hide his position. He's not being
straight on a number of things. We're going to hold him
accountable."